» Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe

Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe, “Toolbar Set Default Search” by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Spigot Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

Publisher:

Spigot, Inc. (signed and verified)

Product:

Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch

Description:

Toolbar Set Default Search

Version:

4, 9, 0, 5

MD5:

cb51e7c2e463a7df8a474058985666d0

SHA-1:

826a9fd822963dca40432d6fd5fa3b82190b8955

SHA-256:

8e5c6a5b9c2f74b0b72b0f6ac5e48840432dee2c4ebb7a51a7ff86ac116608bf

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 7:08:46 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Spigot.Installer (M)

16.1.11.10

File size:

494.8 KB (506,720 bytes)

Product version:

4, 9, 0, 5

Original file name:

Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Spigot Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\toolbar-setdefaultsearch.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Spigot, Inc.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/29/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/29/2012 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN="Spigot, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Spigot, Inc.", L=El Granada, S=California, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

205AA0CBA0AA4891C4AF524CA2EE072C

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/13/2011 4:41:18 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:MIkHWh2/ZuqF6Hi8VWiOpZoa630tHyOTCaA3jqMk75kOWLo60L1o2nosdwazc911:PM36C8Vy6ac0P+3W5PWbM1fdwCzq

Entry address:

0x50E11

Entry point:

E8, 4D, 4E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, F0, 46, 00, E8, F5, 16, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, FC, 72, 47, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 30, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 37, 31, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 01, 17, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 2B, 28, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, 20, 31, 46, 00, 83, 3D, 48, 54, 47, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 18, 46, 00... 
[+]

Code size:

389 KB (398,336 bytes)

Remove Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security

herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.